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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time (Audio CD)
by Greg Mortenson , David Oliver Relin
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Poverty fighting, Soul-searching, Life, Charity |
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
Starred Review. Some failures lead to phenomenal successes, and this American nurse's unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world's second tallest mountain, is one of them. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build the impoverished town's first school, a project that grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed more than 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Coauthor Relin recounts Mortenson's efforts in fascinating detail, presenting compelling portraits of the village elders, con artists, philanthropists, mujahideen, Taliban officials, ambitious school girls and upright Muslims Mortenson met along the way. As the book moves into the post-9/11 world, Mortenson and Relin argue that the United States must fight Islamic extremism in the region through collaborative efforts to alleviate poverty and improve access to education, especially for girls. Captivating and suspenseful, with engrossing accounts of both hostilities and unlikely friendships, this book will win many readers' hearts.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -This text refers to the Hardcover edition |
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Bookmarks Magazine (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
While critics agree that Three Cups of Tea should be read for its inspirational value rather than for its literary merit, the book's central theme, derived from a Baltistan proverb, rings loud and clear. "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger," a villager tells Greg Mortenson. "The second time, you are an honored guest. The third time you become family." An inspirational story of one man's efforts to address poverty, educate girls, and overcome cultural divides, Three Cups, which won the 2007 Kiriyama Prize for nonfiction, reveals the enormous obstacles inherent in becoming such "family." Despite the important message, critics quibbled over the awkward prose and some melodrama. After all, a story as dramatic and satisfying as this should tell itself.
Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.
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AudioFile (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
Lost after failing to climb K2, Mortenson was sheltered and nursed in a remote Pakistani village; he promised to return and build them a school. Keeping that promise led to his heading a charitable institute that provides impoverished children in Pakistan and Afghanistan with an education. Though Relin's writing is not top-caliber, Mortenson's story comes through as exciting and inspiring. Patrick Lawlor's voice is neither melodious nor distinguished, but it is likable and serviceable. He tells the story as if Mortenson had told it to him, keeping it lively and engaging. His imitation of voices and accents, loosely rather than precisely mimetic, fits his style. It all works; listeners will begrudge interruptions. W.M.
© AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine - Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine - This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
On a 1993 expedition to climb K2 in honor of his sister Christa, who had died of epilepsy at 23, Mortenson stumbled upon a remote mountain village in Pakistan. Out of gratitude for the villagers' assistance when he was lost and near death, he vowed to build a school for the children who were scratching lessons in the dirt. Raised by his missionary parents in Tanzania, Mortenson was used to dealing with exotic cultures and developing nations. Still, he faced daunting challenges of raising funds, death threats from enraged mullahs, separation from his family, and a kidnapping to eventually build 55 schools in Taliban territory. Award-winning journalist Relin recounts the slow and arduous task Mortenson set for himself, a one-man mission aimed particularly at bringing education to young girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Readers interested in a fresh perspective on the cultures and development efforts of Central Asia will love this incredible story of a humanitarian endeavor. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved -This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Tom Brokaw (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest... is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.
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The Washington Post (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
Mortenson’s mission is admirable, his conviction unassailable, his territory exotic. |
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Ahmed Rashid, best-selling author of Taliban, USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
Three Cups of Tea is beautifully written. It is also a critically important book at this time in history. The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan are both failing their students on a massive scale. The work Mortenson is doing, providing the poorest students with a balanced education, is making them much more difficult for the extremist madrassas to recruit. |
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Muraskin (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
We went to see Charlie Wilson's War this afternoon. The theater was packed and I think everyone was moved by the quote from Charlie Wilson that came up on the screen at the end: "These things really happened. We changed the world, then we "blew" the end game." This refers to Charlie Wilson's frustration about the lack of support for reconstruction in Afghanistan after the Soviets were defeated. As I looked at the solemn faces of my fellow moviegoers, I felt like calling out to everyone: "read Three Cups of Tea and you can help with the end game!" Greg Mortenson is waging a war to promote peace by providing schools and education, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. I found his book to be both heartbreaking and inspiring. In the face of the arrogance and ignorance that Charlie Wilson faces when he is talking with a group of fellow congressmen, which is still prevalent today, I hope we all may be moved to action by people like Greg Mortenson who made an effort to understand and respect the culture and needs of those he is helping. |
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Jason Mcfarlane (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
The book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin is a wonderful and inspirational read. I was fascinated to read about how Greg Mortensen, after making one promise to a village to build them a school, was able to go on through perseverance and determination to eventually build 50+ schools in Central Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, provide support for teachers, initiate public health and conservation projects and positively affect the lives of thousands of children. He was able to make a significant difference in regions where governments were continually failing to deliver.
In a time when many people often associate Muslims with terrorism and extremism and the policies of most governments for dealing with terrorism focus on military measures, it was refreshing to read about someone committed to promoting peace through education. Greg's efforts are amazing and the results he was able to achieve on a small budget working tirelessly to get funding would put to shame most countries third world aid programmes. He overcame at times insurmountable problems, even putting his life at risk, to complete the projects he started and fulfil the promises he had made.
It was fantastic how Greg took the time and effort required to learn local cultures and their languages and adapt his way of working to these cultures, eventually becoming integrated and accepted. One is left with the impression that Greg genuinely wanted the villagers to feel that it was they who were building the schools for themselves. I definitely believe that he was successful in achieving this goal.
Basic education is one of the best tools that the world has for fighting poverty and promoting peace, it is also a right of every child to go to school. Greg Mortenson and his team of helpers have done an amazing job and after reading Three Cups of Tea I truly believe that they have made life better for thousands of children by providing them not only with education and schools to learn in, but also health services and other public facilities.
Three Cups of Tea is an enlightening book that highlights how one person really can make a difference, and how big a difference they can make. In the book Greg quotes one of his favourite sayings from Mother Teresa, which sums up this philosophy well.
"What we are trying to do is a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." |
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Marcia Lee Dennis (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-21 00:00>
This book should be required reading for every person who fancies himself/herself qualified to be President. With all the political rhetoric flying about, two days before the New Hampshire primary, I'd like to hear ANYBODY in either party, discuss the "war on terror" in terms of Greg Mortenson's mission to build schools and educate the children in Central Asia.
Imagine for an instant, if 1/10 of the money the US has squandered waging war in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq had been spent, instead, to build schools, and provide teachers' salaries instead of destroying villages and civilian lives, what a different kind of world we would share...Not to mention, the astronomic national debt our childrens' childrens' children will be left to pay off.
This book is a revelation. It is a tremendous, profound adventure and it should be read by every teenager and adult in the United States!
I am proud to know that the co-author lives in my hometown. |
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